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Belgium women's national basketball team
Women's national basketball team representing Belgium
This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Belgium men's national basketball team.
The Belgium women's national basketball team (nicknamed Belgian Cats) represents Belgium in international basketball, and are controlled by Basketball Belgium. Belgium's first appearance in a major international tournament came at EuroBasket 1950. The team has participated in the European Championship fourteen times overall. Their best results at the event are winning the title in 2023,[2] and two third place finishes (2017,[3] and 2021[4]). Belgium has also competed on the global stage, where they have made two appearances at the World Cup (2018,[5] 2022[6]), and one at the Olympic Games (2020[7]).
Quick Facts FIBA ranking, FIBA zone ...
FIBA ranking | 6 (15 February 2024)[1] | ||
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FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | Basketball Belgium | ||
Coach | Rachid Meziane | ||
Nickname(s) | Belgian Cats | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 1 | ||
Medals | None | ||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 | ||
Medals | None | ||
EuroBasket | |||
Appearances | 14 | ||
Medals | Gold: (2023) Bronze: (2017, 2021) | ||
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First international | |||
Soviet Union 91–31 Belgium (Budapest, Hungary; 14 May 1950) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Azerbaijan 28–136 Belgium (Baku, Azerbaijan; 12 November 2023) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Belgium 48–127 Soviet Union (Moulins, France; 22 May 1976) |
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Olympic Games
FIBA Women's World Cup
More information FIBA Women's World Cup record, Year ...
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Year | Place | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | |
1953 | Did not enter | ||||||
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1964 | Did not qualify | ||||||
1967 | Did not enter | ||||||
1971 | Did not qualify | ||||||
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2018 | Fourth place | 6 | 3 | 3 | 456 | 401 | |
2022 | Fifth place | 6 | 3 | 3 | 433 | 435 | |
2026 | To be determined | ||||||
Total | 2/19 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 889 | 836 |
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EuroBasket Women
More information EuroBasket Women record, Year ...
EuroBasket Women record | |||||||
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Year | Place | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | |
1938 | Did not enter | ||||||
1950 | 8th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 287 | 302 | |
1952 | Did not enter | ||||||
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1960 | 10th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 284 | 402 | |
1962 | 10th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 172 | 287 | |
1964 | Did not enter | ||||||
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1968 | 7th | 9 | 2 | 7 | 374 | 615 | |
1970 | 12th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 390 | 599 | |
1972 | Did not qualify | ||||||
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1976 | 12th | 8 | 1 | 7 | 471 | 740 | |
1978 | Did not qualify | ||||||
1980 | 13th | 8 | 1 | 7 | 453 | 668 | |
1981 | Did not qualify | ||||||
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1985 | 12th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 306 | 350 | |
1987 | Did not qualify | ||||||
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2003 | 6th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 578 | 649 | |
2005 | Did not qualify | ||||||
2007 | 7th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 525 | 520 | |
2009 | Did not qualify | ||||||
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2017 | 6th | 5 | 1 | 413 | 376 | ||
2019 | 5th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 418 | 400 | |
2021 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 445 | 414 | ||
2023 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 488 | 338 | ||
2025 | To be determined | ||||||
2027 | |||||||
Total | 14/39 | 98 | 33 | 65 | 5604 | 6660 |
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Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.[8][9]
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- "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2023". Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2017". Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2021". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- "Belgium at the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- "Belgium at the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- "Belgium at the 2020 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- "Voici la sélection des Belgian Cats pour FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2023" (in French). basketballbelgium.be. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- "Team Roster: Belgium" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belgium women's national basketball team.
- Official website
- FIBA profile
- Belgium National Team – Women at Eurobasket.com